So you admit that you would change your behavior in response to such a policy. That's my point: People change their behaviors in response to changed incentives.

So you admit that you would change your behavior in response to such a policy. That's my point: People change their behaviors in response to changed incentives. Now, since society is a very dynamic, it is extremely difficult to predict the consequences of such changes in dynamics, or even to ascribe causation afterwards. That, however is not an argument to throw caution to the wind. > I'm asking you to trust other people to make decisions as good as you would make, rather than making assumptions on their behalf. I find that very hard to do, as I have multiple, hard examples of people making poorer decisions than me. Mostly they consist of people asking my advice, then not following it, then failing. By the way, by the same measure, I am guilty of making poorer choices than other people as well, it's not a linear ranking.